26: WRONGFUL CONVICTION

Alfred Dreyfus. In this true crime world we hear terms like “Miranda rights” or “Amber Alert” or a “Dreyfus case”. These names come from true life situations and as we invoke their names, we should hear their stories. Here is the story of Alfred Dreyfus, who endured anti-Semitism and a wrongful conviction. He was later exonerated, but not before his whole life was destroyed. 

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The National Registry of Exonerations. Michigan State University College of Law. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/Exonerations-in-the-United-States-Map.aspx
The High Court. 33 Startling Wrongful Conviction Statistics (2021 Update). By Andriana Moskovska. 10/21/2021. https://thehighcourt.co/wrongful-convictions-statistics/
CNN. After 25 years of wrongful imprisonment, 2 Georgia men set free after newly uncovered evidence exonerates them of murder charges. By Emma Tucker, 12/11/2022 https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/us/georgia-men-exonerated-wrongful-imprisonment/index.html
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